Divine Emperor of Death

Davis felt that he had done an immeasurable service to the people who resided in the surrounding regions by eliminating it as early as possible.

After all, he had sensed that it was nearing the High-Level Eighth Stage and was going to breakthrough in a few decades.

He was now able to tell that it was still growing with how its baby-like voice sounded, its soul should've taken form long ago, but it didn't develop mentally due to its non-interaction approach towards other, but at a point in future, if it ever invaded the cities, he guessed that he wouldn't even be here.

Nevertheless, the responsibility of their deaths fell on him. Davis understood this point and wasn't going to deny it if there ever came a time with a person asking for justice for their deaths. He would like to give them compensation to sever Karma if he had any in the first place.

After roaming around the ruined regions of the mountain, ultimately collecting the entirety of the soul essences present in the ruined part of the Sunset Tear Mountain, Davis created a soul body from separating his soul force and materializing it.

He sent the conjured soul body to collect the yin-attributed lake below the mountain before gradually making his way towards the skies.

He hoped that the vines did not consume the lake out of desperation or retaliation, fearing that it would have lost the Yin Essence forever. After all, 

'The lake should be of tremendous help to Natalya!'

If Davis were right, he would be able to condense the deep blue lake into an essence bath and, to a degree, make Natalya impervious to the harmful effects of the Yin Essence by soaking her in the bath, making her absorb the yin into her pores and veins.

However, with his skills as an Alchemist, how would he refine the lake and condense it? 

Davis did know the procedure as it was extremely simple, but was his soul force up to the task? He could only find it out later.

As he was heading towards Nadia, he momentarily stopped and looked in the direction of the Ethren Empire.

Hundreds of kilometers away, his slave, Kalamaz Ethren, stood in the air languidly and blocked the path of the four Imperial Protectors in front of him. Obviously, the slave could do nothing to the four of them, but the person behind him, his master's presence alone, stopped the four of them from entering the region.

The four Imperial Protectors all witnessed the happening with their own eyes. They all held solemn expression on their wizened faces before while watching the mountain shattering vines and flame billowing skies with awe, but once the entire plant lifeform disappeared, they all panicked without fail.

Even then, they didn't dare take a step past Kalamaz Ethren, nor did they try to speak sense into him as they knew that he had become a slave to the Conferred Queen's Protector. They knew that their words would fall on deaf ears.

"Are we going to just let that person take it away like this?" One of the four Imperial Protectors possessed a disoriented expression on his face.

The other three Imperial Protectors turned to look at him with stunned expressions on their faces.

One of the three woke out of his reverie and clenched his teeth, "If we knew that this existence hiding in the Sunset Tear Mountain possessed Mid-Level Eighth Stage strength, then we could've made a move on it long ago..."

The way they spoke made it seem like they already knew about the plant lifeform's existence but didn't know about its true identity.

"It isn't as simple as it seems..." Another Imperial Protector interjected with a sigh.

"Even if we attacked, our Ancestor is still in seclusion. Looking at how it was able to strike with enormous power and has countless vines, we will not last an hour before out essence energy depletes..."

The last Imperial Protector nodded his head, "Right, in any case, we lost our chance to obtain complete benefits, but since this mountain is in our territory, we could try-"

"Begone!"

Abruptly, a momentous voice struck right at their faces! Their hair even shook from the wind that brushed past while their faces simultaneously changed as their expressions betrayed their fear!

"S-senior!" One of the four Imperial Protectors clenched his teeth as he gathered his courage, trying to convince but just when he opened his mouth...

"Don't make me flatten the Ethren City..."

That deep and imposing voice echoed again, causing their expressions to become ashen!

They all clenched their fists but didn't speak out anymore because they could tell that the senior had reached the Supreme Soul Stage. Such a sound coming from a long distance made them aware and deeply scared about the undulations they felt.

When Senior was in the Peak-Level Mature Soul Stage, he made their junior Imperial Protectors his slaves instantly, but now, since he had reached the Supreme Soul Stage, wouldn't they easily be enslaved? 

They no longer possessed any thoughts on the plant lifeform as they all held back their greedy thoughts and even suppressed the humiliation they felt in their hearts.

As the Imperial Protectors of the Ethren Empire, when have they been subjected to this kind of plain insult or treated like roadside crap? There were only a few people who could afford to treat them like this in the Territory since they couldn't hope to offend the Alstreim Family, but that was because the Alstreim Family is their hegemon!

The power that they have to obey to thrive!

But this person from an external influence time and time again suppressed them, even taking four of their own as slaves. It would be a lie to say that they didn't want to kill him and chop his corpse to pieces!

It was just that they didn't even dare bare their fangs! They knew that they were no different than a child in front of him!

The Imperial Protectors all turned their backs and left in the Ethren Empire's direction without a word of complaint. They had their heads down in humiliation. They all felt ashamed, but they had no choice but to return if they didn't want to forfeit their lives or put the Ethren City in danger.

Power is the ultimate deciding factor in the end!

Davis mockingly smiled at those retreating Imperial Protectors while Nadia had already arrived behind him, looking at him in a strange way.

He didn't pay her any heed as he scared the four Imperial Protectors into retreating, failing to notice her strange and greedy expression.

'What a waste... They didn't attack me...'

Lamenting that he could not make them his mindless slaves, he continued to look at them leave before he abruptly felt a slimy sensation on the back of his palm. He instantly became startled before he retracted his hand towards his chest and saw Nadia have her pink tongue out, looking at his hand with a lustful gaze.

His expression changed as he looked at her face be covered with hesitation, while her fingers were trembling as if she was trying to hold herself back.

"You!-" Davis became shocked.

Nadia instantly pounced on him with her yellow eyes glowing and tongue lustfully reaching his face. She even used her hands to grasp his shoulders, trying to pin him into place!